Reports surfaced over the course of this week that ownership had a deal in place to present to the player’s association. That announcement gave Dodgers fans plenty of hope that games were on the horizon, but we still might be quite a ways off.

As Jon Heyman reports, ownership might be the biggest obstacle in an attempt to get games going again, not the players. Ownership fears that they will lose more money playing games without cutting player’s salaries than if they did not play at all.

MLB’s position is that it will lose more money if they play games without fans and pay prorated salaries than if they don’t play at all. Thus, owners are saying they will not pay pro-rated salaries.

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